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Goodhart's law

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Goodhart's law is an adage that has been stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure". It is named after British economist Charles Goodhart, who is credited with expressing the core idea of the adage in a 1975 article on monetary policy in the United Kingdom:

Goodhart's law - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adage about statistical measures This article is about statistics and government policy. For Nazi analogies in internet discussions, see Godwin's law . Goodhart's law is an adage that has been stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure". [ 1 ] It is named after British economist Charles Goodhart , who is credited with expressing the core idea of the adage in a 1975 article on monetary policy in the United Kingdom: [ 2 ] Any observed statistical regularity will tend

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